§ 4002. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC4002]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 66--PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE
SUBCHAPTER I--EXPORT TRADING COMPANIES AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
Sec. 4002. Definitions
(a) For purposes of this subchapter--
(1) the term ``export trade'' means trade or commerce in goods
or services produced in the United States which are exported, or in
the course of being exported, from the United States to any other
country;
(2) the term ``services'' includes, but is not limited to,
accounting, amusement, architectural, automatic data processing,
business, communications, construction franchising and licensing,
consulting, engineering, financial, insurance, legal, management,
repair, tourism, training, and transportation services;
(3) the term ``export trade services'' includes, but is not
limited to, consulting, international market research, advertising,
marketing, insurance, product research and design, legal assistance,
transportation, including trade documentation and freight
forwarding, communication and processing of foreign orders to and
for exporters and foreign purchasers, warehousing, foreign exchange,
financing, and taking title to goods, when provided in order to
facilitate the export of goods or services produced in the United
States;
(4) the term ``export trading company'' means a person,
partnership, association, or similar organization, whether operated
for profit or as a nonprofit organization, which does business under
the laws of the United States or any State and which is organized
and operated principally for purposes of--
(A) exporting goods or services produced in the United
States; or
(B) facilitating the exportation of goods or services
produced in the United States by unaffiliated persons by
providing one or more export trade services;
(5) the term ``State'' means any of the several States of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands;
(6) the term ``United States'' means the several States of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands; and
(7) the term ``antitrust laws'' means the antitrust laws as
defined in section 12(a) of this title, section 45 of this title to
the extent that section 45 of this title applies to unfair methods
of competition, and any State antitrust or unfair competition law.
(b) The Secretary of Commerce may by regulation further define any
term defined in subsection (a) of this section, in order to carry out
this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 97-290, title I, Sec. 103, Oct. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 1234.)
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular
Possessions.
